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[Silhouetted boy and three doors]

Artist Ralph Eugene Meatyard (American, 1925 - 1972)
Dateca. 1960-1961
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 6 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (17.15 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.1863
SignedSigned by photographer's widow, on sheet verso, top left corner, in blue pen: "#49 / Madelyn O. Meatyard"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, top center, in black ink: "RALPH EUGENE MEATYARD / Lexington, Kentucky".
InscribedNotation on sheet verso, top right corner, in blue pen: "MIT 29"; On sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: "PF30117"; On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "REM11".
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DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print; trimmed & unmounted. Image of boy in silhouette standing next to three doors.
Copyright© Estate of Ralph Eugene Meatyard
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